I loved that this volume kicked off with Darwyn Cooke's art! I'm a big fan of his work and for me this was a definite treat.All in all this was an okay start to the reboot. I didn't enjoy it as much as Rebirth - but it got the ball rolling well enough. It was a little 'jumpy' but I managed to stay on target and had some fun with it.My favorite thing about Green Lantern has always been his corps. and the more spacey stuff. While there was a touch of that in here, most of it took place on earth. H...

Disappointing. Geoff Johns' writing in GREEN LANTERN: NO FEAR (GL:NF) was all over the place, the pacing was choppy, the characters were merely brushed upon, the storyline in general was sometimes boring, often contrived, and just all over the place with no real depth like in GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH(GL:R). I was also bummed to find that Ethan Van Sciver only drew one issue of the six in this collection! I didn't mind Carlos Pacheco's art, but he's been better. His art seemed rather rushed and mor...

This feels like a bit of a bland collection. I think it has to do with the fact that I’m just not familiar with the Green Lantern villains. Some of these guys I have no idea who they are, or what kind of threat they represent. With superhero comics a large part of the drama comes from the history between the characters. So when Black Hand shows up in this book it might be a big moment to longtime fans, but to me it was just another case of “who is this guy”? Although Black Hand does seem to hav

2.5 to 3.0 stars. Flashes of excellent interspersed with a lot of okay is the best way I could describe this first Volume of the Green Lantern reboot. The excellent portions were enough to make me read the next volume, but I hope for a tighter story next go around.

It’s a fairly difficult task to find a Green Lantern title at the local library that isn’t tied into one of those laborious events (“Blackest Night”, “Brightest Day”, yada yada yada) or has the New 52 stamped on its cover, but I did it. Somebody at the library obviously slipped up.Hal Jordan’s back.*crickets*“Hey Hal, you’ve been gone a long time, like years. Where’ve you been?”“Uh, Europe…”So, he pals around with Kyle Rayner.“Hey Kyle, can you grab us a couple of beers from the fridge?”Long pau...

Good stories by Geoff Johns, which lay the groundwork for future storylines, such as Blackest Night. With amazing art, especially the three issues by Carlos Pacheco, this book is one that is a quick read and very easy on the eyes. Best story of the bunch here has to be the one with the Manhunters. No Man Escapes The Manhunters!

A new life for Hal Jordan! I bought this in its single comic book issues, but I chosen this TPB edition to be able of making a better overall review.This TPB edition collects “Green Lantern” #1-6.Creative Team:Writer: Geoff JohnsIllustrators: Ethan Van Sciver, Carlos Pacheco, Simone BianchiSpecial Cover: Alex Ross BRAND NEW LIFE Hal Jordan is finally free of the influence of Parallax, and also no longer part of The Spectre, and with the Guardians of the Universe alive again and the Green La

Pretty solid start. I liked the parts off Earth, especially OA. It felt like a good introduction with some alot of small exposures to different elements, ultimately building towards something bigger. Still a solid read. A little more gory and graphic than I was expecting from a DC book.

3.5 starsDC wisely began No Fear just right for me. Want to get my attention? Have the (late, great) Darwyn Cooke illustrate the opening chapter. It sets a nice, properly nostalgic tone since Hal Jordan and his GL origin is briefly again re-hashed for readers. From there we are also introduced to the intriguing new co-star character Captain Jillian 'Cowgirl' Perlman, a USAF pilot, and thrown into the rest of the 'Manhunter' plot that encompasses the volume. The first half or two-thirds of the bo...

5 🌟Hal goes back to work as a pilot and fights Shark and aliens as Green Lantern.

This was one of the first Green Lantern comics I ever read. It's rather good, so I blame it for starting me on the somewhat tumultuous love/hate journey I now have with the Corps.*shakes fist*Still, this is a fine place to start if you're trying to untangle Hal's story a bit. Plus, you start off with Darwin Cooke's art, which really sets the mood for Secret Files & Origins. Secrets and Origins gives a quick but sweet look at Hal's life growing up and showcases his love of flying, which will even...

The beginning of Geoff John's run on Green Lantern. My brothers been waiting to read this for quite some time. I was curious, sure, but I could have lived without this under my belt. To be honest I'm more keen on going back and reading up on Jordan's time as the spectre. The further back I go the more I wonder about when they last truly rebooted green lantern history. Kind of like I wonder when they plan on doing so next. The first half of this is great, there's a bit of the fresh start feel to

Following the astonishing Green Lantern Rebirth, in which Hal Jordan is revived from death, Johns delivers another riveting chapter in Volume 1. Returning to Coast City, which was destroyed by Parallax and has now been rebuilt, Hal Jordan finds his return from death a difficult adjustment. While trying to earn back his wings and reenter the Air Force, strange supernatural events occur: manhunter androids start killing people, a prototype jet using alien technology nearly crashes, the Green Lante...

Apparently I have already read this book a year ago, but have no recollection of that. Anyway, I am on a perpetual quest to get into more of DC universe (with 143 books on my DC shelf, I still admit that I know next to nothing about it! How crazy is that?), and Green Lantern has always been a big part of DCU. Unfortunately, the only good modern run of his character is written by Geoff Johns, whose books are almost always hard for me to enjoy for some reason. It also didn’t help that Green Lanter...

After his rebirth Hal Jordan tries to readapt to life, which proves somewhat harder than expected.But there's no rest for the wicked and soon Green Lantern gets involved with Manhunters, a giant humanoid shark, Black Hand, Hector Hammond and german speaking gremlins. Much happens for poor little newborn me in the GL universe. But I jumped on board and got most of it (Black Hand and Hammond being the two characters I miss intel on). Hammond is quite creepy, I like him already. So there's action,

I've never been really interested with Green Lantern , but my friend is, and so far, he hasn't let me down with his recommendations, which is why I gave this a go.I was a bit traumatized when I watched the Green Lantern movie with Ryan Reynolds which was why I was a bit hesitant to read anything with that character.Surprisingly, it wasn't bad. I actually, kind of, like it, if only I understood what happened before the events of this. I wonder what happened and why everyone thinks he died. I w

This was an okay start, not something as explosive as rebirth but it sets the stage for whats to come down the line. We join up with Hal whose starting to rebuild his life slowly first he joins the airfrce and meets Cowgirl and General Stone until an explosion goes off from the newly arrived truck and he has to battle the Manhunter, and then some other Manhunter disguised as a human comes and so they scuffle. The first 3 issues are that and they are okay and we learn of Someone called Grandmaste...

I have yet to find a creative team who lives up to the promise of this character. After fumbling haphazardly for a while through DC’s back catalog, I was pointed in the direction of this run. This first volume is engaging enough to get me through it, but I’ve little interest in continuing my way through the rest of this particular run.Like so many other folks who have tackled the character, Geoff Johns and his rapidly rotating crew of visual collaborators do better with the patriotic jingoism of...

You can read the full review over at The Founding Fields:http://thefoundingfields.com/2013/05/...Rebirth, the six-issue mini-series that marked the start of Geoff Johns’ nearly 9-year run on the Green Lantern book, was a story that completely blew me. It was pretty much a perfect graphic novel as far as I was concerned. Despite the fact that it was a transitional book and marked the return of Hal Jordan as a Green Lantern after spending a considerable amount of time as Parallax, and so would nor...

I have a full man crush on Hal Jordan. Not in a sexual way, I just think he is the absolute bee freakin knees! I have been meaning to read through Geoff John's GL run for a long time and my wife just happened to give to to me on Christmas!I'll start by saying that this isn't a huge epic tale that will blow your dick/tits off, but it's building towards something huge! I had no idea that John's was building toward Blackest night event since the start of his run! That's so god damn epic!! And not o...